kids and the internet
Isabel Danforth (danforth@tiac.net)
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 13:20:33 -0400
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 13:20:33 -0400
Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19970915132742.00810d50@sunspot.tiac.net>
From: Isabel Danforth <danforth@tiac.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: kids and the internet
An informal list of what kids have done on our internet PC. These are only
my observations, and I make no guarantees about anything.
A number of kids track down pictures of sports and rock stars and print
those off. Here again, we can give our copyright lecture.
Some of these middle school folks have visited some sports chat rooms.
One young fellow has a family who came to the USA from Afghanistan. He
reads the Afghan news daily and prints it off for his family.
Other high school students use it to look at potential colleges, or get
information on financial aid.
Another used it to look for housing in the town where she is going to college.
We have helped several elementary age kids find information on various
people who were not listed in our books.
We have also found pictures that they can use for various school reports.
Anyone else have other uses to add to the list?
Isabel
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Isabel L. Danforth Reference Librarian, Wethersfield Public Library
danforth@tiac.net Co-Director of Librarians' Online Support Team
http://www.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost/
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